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Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2012
Applicants:

Daniel R. L. Brown, Mississauga, CA;

Robert P. Gallant, Corner Brook, CA;

Scott A. Vanstone, Campbellville, CA;

Marinus Struik, Toronto, CA;

Inventors:

Daniel R. L. Brown, Mississauga, CA;

Robert P. Gallant, Corner Brook, CA;

Scott A. Vanstone, Campbellville, CA;

Marinus Struik, Toronto, CA;

Assignee:

Certicom Corp., Mississauga, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01);
Abstract

A new trapdoor one-way function is provided. In a general sense, some quadratic algebraic integer z is used. One then finds a curve E and a rational map defining [z] on E. The rational map [z] is the trapdoor one-way function. A judicious selection of z will ensure that [z] can be efficiently computed, that it is difficult to invert, that determination of [z] from the rational functions defined by [z] is difficult, and knowledge of z allows one to invert [z] on a certain set of elliptic curve points.


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